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Portal Turret BuildPosted: Thursday, May 26, 2011 by Ryan Palser in
So this was a really fun project to build! I had some major obstacles to overcome, but that was part of what made it so fun. The first step was to decide how big I wanted this guy to be. There were a few factors that I considered when making my decision, the first being the overall weight. Since this guy has very thin legs, I knew that weight was going to be a serious issue in getting the turret to actually stand. As it gets taller the weight grows exponentially due to the increased surface area. The second factor was displaying the turret when it was finished. I didn't want it to take an unrealistic amount of space to display. After considering all of these factors I finally decided on roughly 36 inches. This is obviously not full scale, but I found it to be the perfect size to fit my needs.
To make the turrets as light as possible, I decided to make molds and cast the necessary parts. Slush casting worked perfectly to create a thin plastic shell. By making molds there's no need to hand make every part that will be in the final turret, since several of them I can just cast twice. With this decision finalized, it was time to start on the masters. Lets start with the body:
Phase One: Making the Masters
I originally started with a foam base that I carved down to the shape of the turret. I roughed out the general shapes for the various parts, including the arms, eye socket and main body.
Next I coated this with bondo and built up a thick enough layer to be able to sand and shape. Note, bondo will partially melt the foam if you don't coat it with resin first. Here is an early shot of the bondo buildup.
This method originally seemed like a good idea. It wasn't. After weeks worth of work I just wasn't happy with the shape of the body. All the sanding had slowly distorted the shape of the body, and for something that needed to be perfectly symmetrical, it just wasn't working. So I was at a crucial fork in the project... do I keep working with this body and hope that I will be able to finalize the shape, or do I scrap all the work I had done up to this point and start over.
Start over. This turned out to be the best decision I could have made. Since I already had the general dimensions of the turret from the first version of the body, I was able to quickly create a skeleton framework of the body out of MDF.
With the rigid framework, the turret is now perfectly symmetrical with a straight center line. All I needed to do was fill in the gaps. With some quick shaping of some foam I was able to rough out the body. To cover the foam I decided to use Apoxie Sculpt instead of bondo, rolling it out into thin sheets and covering the surface. After letting it dry I sanded it smooth and in a matter of a week I went from a terrible version 1 body to a near perfect version 2 body.
I left a large hole in the middle if the body to house the electronics. I'll cover that later on in this write-up.
The eye socket was something that needed to be figured out early on in the project. I knew I wanted to go with a lens look for the eye, so I found a plastic cover that worked perfectly. It is actually the cover for a Skil router bit that I picked up from Lowes. I formed the eye socket of the body around this cover. The result was spot on.
Next up on the body was many many coats of primer with lots of sanding between each coat. Slowly working my way to finer and finer grit sandpaper, I had a glassy smooth finish. The final coat was wet sanding with 1000 grit and then the surface received a coat of wax.
Body ready for its mold.
While I was making the body I was also working on the arm. Since I will be making a mold of this, only one master arm is required and I'll then cast it twice for the left and right side. The arm was built using methods from both versions of the body. I started out with a foam base and attached wooden plates for the 2 flat portions on the inner top and bottom sections. The outer surface was just covered with lots of bondo and sanded to achieve the curved I needed.
The inside of the arm was formed by creating a template of the arc and using it to form the bondo while it was still malleable. The hold for the gun box was cut out with a Dremel.
The entire arm then went through the same process as the body, and was primed and sanded until it was glassy smooth and ready for molding.
The same general techniques were used for the remaining parts. The 4 leg pieces started as blocks of wood and were shaped appropriately. I found carving these straight from wood was a much faster technique than starting from foam, coating them in resin, and refining the shapes.
I only made one long leg piece to be cast 3 times, with the front two legs cut to length. I also made a single gun box to be cast twice.
That covers all the main pieces I will need to make a full turret. By the time I had finished the body, arms, legs and gun box, I lost count of the number of cans of primer I had gone through. It was seriously a lot of primer.
By this point my garage now has a nice thick layer of dust on absolutely everything! I'm really looking forward to having to clean it all up at the end of this project.
Phase Two: Making the Molds
First things first. I need to get all of materials I will need to create all the molds. Luckily I found a place right near where I live that carries Smooth-On products, so I was able to avoid the crazy expensive shipping costs associated with the large quantities I needed for this project. The boxes can be very heavy. Due to the size of these molds, I'll be using the hard shell mold technique. There are a bunch of resources online for different techniques, if you interested in casting and mold making. I decided to go with Smooth-On Rebound 25 rubber for the molds with a Plasti-Paste shell.
The body and the arm will be cast with hard-shells while the 4 leg pieces will get block molds. Lets start with the body. The first step is to create the division line for the first half of the mold. It actually work out really nicely that a piece of foam core perfectly fits into the center groove of the body. After adding some registration keys, acorn nuts, and a clay dam around the perimeter, its time for rubber.
The rubber was built up in many coats with registration keys added to help fit the the rubber into the hard-shell. Looks messy but it got the job done.
The clay dam was moved out and Plasti-Paste was added on top of this to finish up the first side of the mold. Flip it over and repeat for the other side.
The same general technique was used for the arm master so I won't bother repeating the process here. There are photos over on Flickr on the molding of the arm. On to the legs. Since all these pieces are much smaller, I'll build block molds instead. This will be much quicker and only use a minimal amount of extra rubber.
These are poured in halves like the body to create two pieces for each mold. Finished they look like this:
The holes you see here are spots for the connection point with the body and legs. From here on out, all the pieces that are created will be part of the final turret which is pretty exciting! Its time to start casting pieces.
Phase Three: Casting the Parts
I decided to use Smooth-Cast 300 to cast all the pieces. My original plan was to use this ultra white plastic as the final surface of the turret, with only some clear coat added for extra shine. After some test casts I determined that wasn't really going to work for a few reasons. More on that later. With weight being such an important issue, all pieces relating to the body will be hollow, and all leg pieces solid for extra strength and support. I'll talk about the body and arm first.
My goal with the hollow pieces was to create a shell that is roughly 1/8" thick. After doing a few tests with different ways to achieve this, I decided to do each part of the mold separately and then merge the 2 halves to create a final cast. This helps guarantee that there aren't any spots that are too thin.
And by doing it this way I can add a little extra plastic wherever it might be needed. This isn't pictured but I added a solid block of wood to the bottom rear of the main body that got sealed in place with more liquid plastic. This way there is a nice solid block that I will be able to drill to attach the legs. The rear seam was also reinforced for structural support.
Once I was happy with the overall thickness of the shell, I merged the 2 pieces together. Leaving a small hole in the center cavity of the molds, I'm able to add additional plastic to seal the seam. After a few coats (and adequate curing time) I opened the molds:
And the arm.
Its definitely a little more work to do it this way, but the final pulls are lightweight and durable!
There is some clean up work required around the edges of pieces. The arm on the left side of the image also has had a pass of bondo added to fix a few low spots it the pull. The body will receive the same treatment to make the surface as flawless as possible. Overall the pieces are fairly good and after some love, they are ready to paint.
The last large piece that needs to be cast are the gun boxes that fit inside the arm panels. One box was shaped out of wood, sanded, and primed- ready for a mold to be made. Here you can see one in the mold curing, as well as a pulled piece.
There is still some work to be done on these guys. Holes for the gun barrels as well as the center connection point need to drilled, and the majority of the controls for the turret will be on the rear of one of the gun boxes. After carefully laying out the pattern, I drilled and cut all the spots, and this is the final result:
Phase Four: Finishing and Paint
Painting is one of those aspects of a project that can completely ruin everything, if you don't take the time to do it right. It's the difference between a project looking amateur or professional. I think my plasma rifle is a good example of a paint job done properly. One thing I've learned is that there are 2 situations spray paint hate more then anything else: humidity/rain and temperatures below 70. Both are usually not a problem here in Southern California, it is a desert and all. Perfect for painting!
Not so much, with an unusually cold and rainy year so far: every night when I would get home from work it was too cold in the garage to paint, and on the weekends it would rain. This happened like clockwork for 2-3 straight months. Really slows down your progress. So I officially recruited my wife to help me get this project finished on time. She has helped me paint in the past with outstanding results, and I was more then willing to give her the reins. Being a fine artist and painting from home, she was able to paint pieces for me during the day when the weather was nice. She did an amazing job! Each piece has a few coats of primer, several coats of gloss white, and then several coats of high gloss varnish on top of that. All the while sanding with very fine sandpaper between each coat, to make the surface as glassy as possible. I don't think I could have done a better job if I tried crazy hard... the final finish is pretty much perfect. Take a look for yourself:
Phase Five: Electronics
Now here is the fun part of the project! Essentially bringing the turret to life. There are a few main elements that I wanted to incorporate into the final turret. First being the red LEDs for the eye. Simple enough. Second is a series of audio clips controlled by a motion sensor. Third, the ability to play the original Portal theme song. Now I know the turret shouldn't have the ability to play the theme song, but since this is meant as a display piece, it seemed appropriate to add this extra feature.
For those interested I am choosing to leave out the functionality of playing the audio clips when the turret is picked up, as well as the related audio clips when the turret is knocked over. The reason is pretty simple. This guy is not being built to take the abuse of constant handling or being knocked over all the time. While the individual parts of the turret are fairly strong, the assembled turret will be somewhat fragile on those thin spindly legs. For weight reasons I am also leaving out the ability for the arms to move around like they do in the game. All of the extra engineering required with components and servos would likely add a good bit of weight to the turret. It would be cool, but I'm going to stick with a static model. Same with functioning guns... it all comes back to the weight.
Alright! After hours on Mouser and Sparkfun researching components, and much experimentation, I have finally settled on the setup below. The main components include and arduino uno, mp3 trigger, power regulation board (not shown) and an epir motion sensor. There are various other smaller components like switches, buttons, LEDs, resistors, the speaker, battery packs and wall jacks. Here is the main setup:
The programming was all done in the Arduino environment. Since I would classify myself as a beginning programmer, there were portions of the code that I needed some serious help. I called on a work buddy of mine, Pedram Javidpour: professional scripter extraordinaire, to help me get this program up and running. I couldn't have finished it without his help! Below is the start of the program that controls the turret.
After the program was finished I was ready to start installing all of the electronics into the turret. I decided to split up the components between the arm and the main body cavity. The arm would get the battery pack, wall jack, power selector, motion sensor, main power switch, and the button to play the theme song. Here is what it looks like installed into the arm gun box. Looks a little messy and confusing, but it all works perfectly.
So electronics in the arm cover power and small components. The main guts of this guy are located within the body cavity. In the picture below you can see the arduino on the right side, the mp3 trigger on the bottom, and the speaker on the left. The cluster of wire at the top link up to the eye.
The eye piece is arguably one of the most important pieces of the turret. I really wanted it to stand out, taking the time to make sure it came out as best as possible. After finding a suitable plastic lens I could start on making all of the other necessary pieces. Here is an image of everything that makes up a finished eye. The black disks were designed and laser cut to create the groove pattern you see in the final eye. The translucent disk will help diffuse the red LEDs, and the black rod will create the dot in the center.
After roughly fitting all the pieces together I noticed that the light spill coming down the sides of the lens was really messing with the overall look of the eye. I resolved this issue by coating the inside of the lens with black electrical tape to prevent any light leak from happening. This way the only light you will see is coming through the translucent surface of the eye. The final result is perfect.
All that's left is to install the eye and connect up the power. With the electronics finished and installed, all that remains is the detail work.
Phase Six: Finishing the last Details
Let's start with the pipe work on the interior of the body. This was done by bending black plastic rods with a heat gun. A small connection point was made for the end of each piece to attach to the main body. You can also see the location of the speaker in the shot below. Here is a rough placement of the various pieces for this side of the turret. They will then be cut down to size, and after the white plate in the center is painted black, they will all be properly installed.
The gun barrels were shaped out of MDF. I decided this would be quicker, rather than cast them. They will be cut down to the proper length and attached to the gun boxes after they are finished.
After primer and sanding, they received my special layering of metallic paint. Throughout various projects I have figured out a great way to simulate metal by layering several different types of metallic spray paint. I've tried to find a single can that does this, but haven't found anything I like yet. These guys will receive a small amount of weathering to make them look more like they have been used before being installed.
The final step to be done was probably the scariest part of this project. Until this point, I have not actually connected the legs. I still didn't know if the turret would actually stand.
The legs are solid plastic epoxied together to form the main part of each leg. This connection point is fairly strong, with a peg system that connects them together. The thin rods of the legs were probably one of the more challenging parts to figure out. They needed to be as strong as possible, metal, so I went with 3/8" aluminum rods. These were bent by hand (tough) to form the proper shape. To achieve this I created a wooden template to bend each rod around. The ends of each rod had several notches added so the epoxy had a better surface to grip. They were painted black and then assembled.
It was time for the moment of truth... I connected the legs and cautiously turned the turret right side up. It didn't collapse! It's definitely top heavy, but it stands. It was truly nerve racking to know that this project could have completely failed at the very end.
Phase Seven: Taking Sexy Pictures
Well all that's left is taking pictures that make your project look unbelievable! There are a few things I do here to get the best documentation possible. The first thing is to set up a proper photo shoot. Luckily for me, the building I work in has a nice large space with no windows, and some really nice box lights. They provide great soft lighting, and are part of the reason my photos come out looking so polished. The second thing I do is to have my wife take all the pictures! She has a much better sense for photography than I do, and she's always taking these amazing photos. I'm sure it comes from the fine art background, and she always does an amazing job.
If you're interested, check out her work here:
After a few minor adjustments in photoshop, the project is officially done... hope you all enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it!


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Has video become the dominant form of (fixed-access) online content?
This may be wrong.
Video just has become the dominant consumer of internet bandwidth. Since one minute of video creates much more traffic measured in bytes than normal text that you can read on The Economist in one minute for example these numbers don't tell you the whole story.
These numbers are interesting for forecasting the bandwidth consumed by internet users.
These numbers are not sufficient to imply that people are consuming videos more of the time than reading text based websites.
There is more one thing that strikes me in this text: the notion "sudden success". It seems that today success is measured only by the number of views, clicks etc. - truly commercial approach - while telling nothing about the actual value of the content. I myself do not share the excitement about the 'Gungnam style' although I opened the online video just to look what is it. Thus I contributed to the ''succcess'' although in my opinion it does not convey much... Maybe it would be more proper to write about "commercial successs" is such articles - it is much closer to the reality.
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We use it everyday; it makes our life easier, we can get what we want from it. From Justin Bibber's "Baby" to "Gangnam Style", we get both of them from internet. With the development of it, more people pay more attention on the video, it is vivid, but I think we can get more information from wed. But it always only has words, no images, and no voice. People tend to ignore it, it is really a pity. And some people even use it to do some bad things to others, it just to hurt this advancing tool.
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On June 19, 1996, the Supreme Court of Iowa upheld a parent's right to administer reasonable corporal punishment, even where the father left red marks by using a wooden spoon. The Iowa Department of Human Services handbook had stated, as a matter of law, that any red mark lasting 24 hours or more would constitute child abuse. The Supreme Court struck down that handbook definition, holding, "we cannot accept the conclusion in the agency handbook that any reddening of the skin lasting for twenty-four hours is a physical injury per se. We believe, rather, that welts, bruises, or similar markings are not physical injuries per se but may be and frequently are evidence from which the existence of a physical injury can be found."
This Iowa Supreme Court ruling, which is printed below, is a huge boost in our efforts to pass a Parental Rights and Responsibilities Act (PRRA), which protects a parent's right to administer reasonable corporal discipline. Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA), lead sponsor of the PRRA in the Senate, should be immensely gratified to have the Iowa Supreme Court siding with him on this critical issue. We encourage all families to contact their senators and congressmen to urge passage of the PRRA.
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Tracey HILDRETH, Appellant,
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*1 The issue on this appeal is whether the Iowa Department of Human Services (the agency) correctly determined that petitioner, Tracey Hildreth, was guilty of child abuse as a result of spanking his eight-year-old daughter with a wooden spoon. The evidentiary facts are not disputed, but there is a dispute as to whether the facts support a finding of child abuse under the controlling statutes and administrative regulations. Petitioner also asserts that the agency's action, if approved, infringes upon his right to exercise his religious beliefs in violation of the First Amendment to the federal constitution. The district court upheld the agency's decision. We reverse.
The critical facts as summarized by both the administrative law judge and the district court are as follows. Amanda, the petitioner's daughter, was eight years old at the time of the incident in question. The appellant is a noncustodial parent who was exercising visitation on February 8, 1993. He called Amanda earlier in the day and told her to take a bath and wash her hair in preparation for photographs to be taken at a church function that evening. He informed her that he wished that she and her sister would be well groomed for the occasion. When he arrived at his former wife's residence, where Amanda resided, he found that Amanda had not bathed nor washed her hair. He advised her that she would be disciplined for disobeying his directions.
Petitioner and Amanda then proceeded to his residence. Once there he proceeded to strike Amanda three times on the buttocks with a wooden spoon. She was wearing denim jeans at the time. The evidence indicated that petitioner discussed the reasons for the punishment with his daughter before administering it. Two oval marks red in color were observed by the child's mother a few hours after the spanking and by the school nurse on the following morning1. The mother testified that the marks could be discerned six days after the spanking. A child abuse investigator who viewed Amanda five days after the spanking testified that she could only observe one faint red mark at that time.
The administrative law judge made a finding of fact that petitioner did not intend to inflict an injury on his daughter. She viewed the proper standard as being whether a reasonable person would believe that an injury would be produced from the action taken. Relying primarily on petitioner's statement that he did intend to inflict some pain in administering the spanking, the administrative law judge concluded that he should have known the force of the blow might cause the condition that resulted. For reasons that we will presently discuss, she determined that this condition, i.e., a reddening of the skin, was evidence of a physical injury.
The statutory definition of child abuse is as follows: Any nonaccidental physical injury, or injury which is at variance with the history given of it, suffered by a child as the result of the acts or omissions of a person responsible for the care of the child. *2 Iowa Code s 232.68(2)(a) (1993). The agency has adopted the following administrative rule defining physical injury: [D]amage to any bodily tissue to the extent that the tissue must undergo a healing process in order to be restored to a sound and healthy condition or damage to any bodily tissue to the extent that the tissue cannot be restored to a sound and healthy condition or damage to any bodily tissue which results in the death of the person who has sustained the damage. Iowa Admin. Code r. 441-175.1.
The agency has issued a child protective services investigation handbook for its field workers, which states that physical injuries that require a healing process include, but are not limited to, abrasions, lacerations (including documented bleeding), bruises, hyperemia (reddening of surface tissue) lasting twenty-four hours or more, burns, scalds, sprains, and welts. Hyperemia is defined in the handbook as a reddening of surface tissue2. It is stated in the handbook that hyperemia is the only type of injury for which a twenty-four-hour duration is required.
In her finding on the "physical injury" element of section 232.68(2)(a), the administrative law judge stated: Although there is no law which prohibits the use of physical discipline (i.e., spanking), when such discipline results in an injury (i.e., red marks which last longer than 24 hours), the discipline is categorized as abusive. The red marks on the child's buttocks lasted in excess of 24 hours. Red marks lasting five days clearly require a healing process before dissipating. Such marks imposed in the course of discipline are abusive.
This court has frequently recognized that parents do have a right to inflict reasonable corporal punishment in rearing their children. See In re W.G., 349 N.W.2d 487, 487-88 (Iowa 1984); State v. Bell, 223 N.W.2d 181, 184 (Iowa 1974); State v. Fischer, 245 Iowa 170, 176-78, 60 N.W.2d 105, 108-09 (1953); State v. Bitman, 13 Iowa 485, 486 (1862). The district court recognized that the agency's action creates considerable tension with this policy by placing at risk any parent who administers corporal punishment that leaves marks on the skin. It suggested in its decision that many citizens would characterize petitioner's action in the present case as reasonable parental discipline. It concluded, however, that the statute burdens corporal punishment only to the extent of requiring parents to take care not to physically injure the child. The controlling principle was, in the district court's view, that it is within the power of the State to include within the definition of child abuse any nonaccidental physical injury resulting from corporal punishment.
Agency rules are ordinarily given the force and effect of law. Fernandez v. Iowa Dep't of Human Servs., 375 N.W.2d 701, 707 (Iowa 1985); Anderson v. Iowa Dep't of Human Servs., 368 N.W.2d 104, 108 (Iowa 1985). The definition of physical injury contained in Iowa Administrative Code rule 441-175.1 is expressed in terms of a necessary healing process of bodily tissue so as to be restored to a sound and healthy condition. Implicit in the definition of "physical injury" is a requirement that an external force has initially placed the bodily tissue in an unsound or unhealthy condition. Consequently, we cannot accept the conclusion in the agency handbook that any reddening of the skin lasting for twenty-four hours is a physical injury per se. We believe, rather, that welts, bruises, or similar markings are not physical injuries per se but may be and frequently are evidence from which the existence of a physical injury can be found.
*3 We need not determine in the present case whether the red marks on Amanda's skin reveal the unsound or unhealthy condition that is required for a finding of physical injury. The definition of "nonaccidental physical injury" is, by agency rule, as follows: An injury which was a natural and probable result of a caretaker's actions which the caretaker could have reasonably foreseen, or which a reasonable person could have foreseen in similar circumstances, or which resulted from an act administered for the specific purpose of causing an injury. Iowa Admin. Code r.441-175.1. In applying this rule to petitioner's actions, we are convinced that the agency should have concluded that he could not reasonably have foreseen that the rather limited striking of Amanda's buttocks would produce a physical injury. The marginal nature of the alleged injury weighs heavily in that conclusion. The laws of physics are such that when even a moderate degree of force is administered through an instrument that makes contact with only a small area of the body, the pressure visited upon that point may be more than will reasonably be anticipated. We are convinced that this is what occurred in the present case. Because we conclude that the agency's finding of nonaccidental physical injury was contrary to law, the judgment of the district court and the decision of the agency are reversed. This disposition makes it unnecessary to consider petitioner's contentions based on the free exercise of his religion.
All justices concur except HARRIS, NEUMAN, and ANDREASEN, JJ., who dissent.
1Although the agency's initial abuse report states that the mother indicated these marks were of purple coloration, the mother did not so testify at the contested case hearing. Other than this reference, all other indications throughout the administrative proceeding, including the mother's hearing testimony, were that the marks were of a reddish color. Both the decision of the administrative law judge and the decision of the district court refer to the marks as being a reddish color at all times. The State so describes the marks in its brief on this appeal.
2 A standard medical dictionary defines "hyperemia" as "the presence of an increased amount of blood in a part or organ." Thomas L. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 739 (25th ed. 1990). This same definition indicates that hyperemia may be either arterial, which is described as active hyperemia, or venous, which is described as passive hyperemia. Id.


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Question by Corinne 1648 · Sep 07 '13 at 12:44 AM · before-and-after paleo-testimony pictures
I'm new to Paleo, and still feeling my way around. I've seen some powerful testimonies - in words and photos - at a few blogs, but it would be super cool to have a huge list of Before and Afters here that folks could refer to when they are starting out or when they need a boost of inspiration.
Tell us how Paleo worked for you. Show your amazing Before and After photos.
Please inspire me and others to stay the course! It's tough jumping in when Conventional Wisdom says that eating red meat and fat are the worst things you could do to your health.
Thank you! Can't wait to see what folks post!
For me, it wasn't about losing weight. I developed Crohns over 2 years ago and my weight spiraled down with that. I grew up a competitive gymnast weighing around 135lbs at the end of my gymnastics career. When the Crohns developed i dropped to 95lbs within a few months. Nothing would stay in my system, i was depressed and constantly tired. That is when i went paleo. I have been paleo for a year and a half now and i am back to a healthy weight of 125 lbs.
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Answer by gilliebean 13983 · Dec 17 '10 at 06:40 PM
I've hesitated to put some photos up because while my weight-loss (etc) may be dramatic personally, it's doesn't seem to be dramatic objectively. Regardless, here they are...
BEFORE - 185 lbs in July 2007
AFTER 1 - 145 lbs in March 2010
I kept telling myself, "The slower it takes to lose the weight, the longer you'll maintain the weight-loss." ;)
Answer by Ruby 1496 · Dec 16 '10 at 09:27 PM
Dear everyone on Paleo,
You are ridiculously hot.
Answer by Angelo - Latest in Paleo 1187 · Dec 15 '10 at 04:47 AM
Here's an image I put together for my blog's About Page. I lost about 45 lbs of the weight using a low-calorie, (mostly) whole foods approach -- but not Paleo. Toward the end, I was very hungry. Always thought about food.
I lost the last 10 lbs or so after switching to a Paleo approach and then started adding some much needed muscle mass as well.
Still thriving on Paleo, love the approach / lifestyle. Never hungry, even if I don't eat.
This is incredible! I can't believe it is only 1 year from "before" to "after"
That's impressive! You look much younger too in the 2010 photos!
Answer by sherpamelissa 18837 · Dec 16 '10 at 01:51 AM
Okay. I totally can't resist a before and after, I haven't been Paleo that long, but it has made a difference.
First. Here's me in July 2004. 247lbs.
This is me at my first goal weight of 150. Non-paleo.
This is me at my 2nd goal weight of 136 (officially normal BMI) and Paleo for 2 months. I lost the last 14lbs and dropped my bf from 30% to 24%. I think you can see the difference.
You also get a fun view of my office bathroom! \o/
I am counting on Paleo to continue to work on my body fat and just make me healthier all the way around.
Wow this is amazing! I hope my before and afters turn out this good!
Answer by Girl Gone Primal 2657 · Jul 16 '10 at 09:03 AM
Here's some of the info from my Before/After post from last year (before a pain-killer screwed up my hormones and sent my fat accumulation into overdrive):
Here's a shot of me in December of 2004, after two depressing years of living on campus, subsisting on pita bread and cheese, white bread and butter (scraped on thin, cos it's "so bad for me"), grilled chicken breasts, pizza, and lite ice-cream.
After 9 months of paleo eating, I stepped out in a bikini for the first time in my life during a holiday in Thailand:
I'm still battling some hormonal imbalance, but I'm working to see the scales move back towards where they were sitting during the Thailand trip. Despite the weight gain, my health hasn't been adversely impacted since I've stayed paleo throughout. My flexibility and strength continue to improve, and even my vision is better than it was two years ago!
I know that paleo will help me achieve the health and fitness that I desire; I know too much now to ever return to my old ways!
Answer by wjones3044 10181 · Dec 16 '10 at 04:30 PM
You look so much younger as well!
Answer by Stephen-Aegis 24500 · Jul 11 '10 at 03:59 PM
Me at 285lbs
Me at 180lbs
Answer by luckybastard 12603 · Dec 17 '10 at 08:26 PM
This is me back in january... weighed about 285. i didn't lead a horrible lifestyle. i ate pretty much low to moderate carb but had no knowledge about omega 3s and 6s, the different types of fat and the like.
i went paleo hardcore 7/1 after doing strict low carb to carve off about 12 lbs or so... this is me last week at 240@20% bf.
my goal is to chill out at around 225-230 with about 14% bodyfat. all my lifts- which weren't too shabby to begin with- are now really good now which is crazy considering that ive dropped 45lbs. oh yeah... this is the lowest my bf's been in my life. never could drop fat % below 23% before- that was even when i was running 5 miles a day several days a week and weighing 230 in college. paleo is amazing.
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OMG. You have seriously burnt lots of weight.I am shocked. Well, I have also start having paleo recipes based on my 8 weeks paleo diet plan. Hope I will post my picture here too soon.
The picture in the link is awesome! Just thinking of starting Paleo and checking out the results people are getting. Thanks for the inspiration! I'm tired of being tired!
if you're still around, thank you for sharing! Literally made me tear up--very encouraging.
Answer by Bread-Eating Beelzebub 56414 · Jul 11 '10 at 07:12 PM
Me age 20- living SAD Vegetarian at the UIUC dorms
Me age 24- After Movnat workshop and living ~3 years paleo
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Answer by livebigger 62 · Jul 13 '11 at 02:56 PM
I started Paleo for healing purposes- after 13 years of vege/veganism (from age 10-23), I had been diagnosed with an 'incurable' immune deficiency, had stopped mentstruating, struggled with bloating and constipation, low energy, no libido, and anxiety. It's been a slow but steady healing process with a lot of trial and error. I wouldn't call this a 'before' and 'after', but more like a 'before' and 'continuing'. Here I am in 2005, vegan, 5'7", 135 lbs. Not overweight, but not very vital- Note the sickly skin coloring and belly bloat...
It took two years of Paleo to curb my regular upper-respiratory infections (due to the immune deficiency). In the past 3 years, I've only gotten sick twice! I use some herbal remedies, but no western medicine (sans one round of antibiotics). This picture is in 2010 (I'm on the left)- I had dropped underweight, to 113lbs, because I still wasn't mestruating and didn't have hormonal balance. My energy had gone thru the roof, tho, and my anxiety was no longer overwhelming!
In the past year, my hormones have regulated- it was a rather scary process over about 6 months. I literally went thru puberty again ("leave me alone! nobody understands me!!"): began menstruating regularly, gained almost 20lbs (in primarily muscle), grew a bum, went up a cup size, libido-galore, and my hair curled (seriously- I've had straight hair my whole life!). I'm learning to love my body, to love being a woman. Here I am now, at 130lbs, vigor and curls (and tequila and water...)-
To life!
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Hey guys, sorry for the long delay. It's been a long winter and haven't really been thinking about the system lately. However, the weather might break sooon, so looking to get things going again. I already have a backflow preventer in the system. The GPM and PSI was taken at the main valve box via the boiler drain I setup to drain the system.Put a pressure gauge on that zone. Get some caps (or plugs) and rework the test zone to have as little as one head spraying. You want to have at least 40 psi in that zone.
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So I went ahead and mocked up one zone with 1" pipe and 4 Orbit Heads that I bought from lowes just to make sure that my design looked good. I used pvc and connected the 3/4" female inlet head to a female 1"x1"x3/4" femail tee via a male 3/4" adapter. I got decent coverage but not as much as I expected using the 4gpm nozzle. I was only getting around 27 feet. I was wondering If I need to step down the inlet pipe to the head to get better pressure? Am I way off in my thinking?
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okay, I figured as much. What's the easiest way to accomplish the pressure test withthe zone on? I have a boiler drain after my manifold for draining purposes. Can I check static pressure there with a pressure gauge and test it there as well while the zone is on?Yes, you are way off in your thinking.
It is now safe to assume you have overdrawn your account, so far as pertains to system flow. Remove all the nozzles and try a size smaller. That would be two 3 gpm nozzles for the middle heads on a zone, and two 1.5 gpm nozzles for the end heads. (since we are assuming you now are using 4 gpm and 2 gpm nozzles)
Before doing anything, take more pressure measurements. Again, with the system off, and then, with the zone turned on.
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